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In Healthier Homes, Rusty and Jen Stout, nationally recognised healthy home building experts and founders of JS2 Partners Healthy Home Builders, recognise the need for a fundamental change in the way homes are built and did something about it. From their personal and professional experiences, Jen and Rusty redefine best practices for construction and share how you can build your home to be a safe and toxin free living environment. Whether you're suffering from chronic illness or wanting to maint...

A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world. When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care: The Moral Ed...

'Incredible. One of those rare books that should be dispensed on prescription to every household.' - Lucy Easthope, author of When the Dust Settles'Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound . . . like an existential soap opera - only with more laughs.' - Philip Hoare, author of LeviathanIt was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your even older mum is now at home alone. The answer? Simple. Drop everything, go back and help. The reality? Not so s...

Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia can sometimes feel like a long, lonely journey, and often, the needs of the caregiver are overlooked or ignored. This book will help you understand what's happening with your loved one, but it will also provide guidance on how to sustain your relationship, your own emotional well-being, and some of the other management issues that you will face during these challenging times. Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or deme...

An indispensable guide offering insight and support to carers of people with depressionLooking after a person with depression can often leave carers emotionally and physically exhausted. This short, straightforward and easily understandable guide offers valuable advice on how carers can:- better understand the nature of depression and how it affects both patient and carer- have a clearer understanding of the treatment options for the patient, including medication and therapy- lessen the impac...

For courses in Homemaker/Home Health Aide.This handbook summarizes the most pertinent information, detailed procedures, teaching points, and safety issues which a homemaker/home health aide needs while in the field. Its easy-to-use, streamlined format includes tables, lists, and illustrations, and makes this book a quick reference when caring for clients in multicultural settings and within many different kinds of homes.

Modern medical technology has changed not only the way we live but also the way we die. Until two generations ago, people usually died suddenly, after an accident or serious illness. Now, most of us may expect our dying to take longer, to require more care, and to demand more forethought than ever before. "Handbook for Mortals" is warmly addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of...

The most authoritative, comprehensive reference in the field. Indispensable to clinical microbiologists, laboratory technologists, and infectious disease specialists in hospitals, clinics, reference laboratories, and more. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

This book of reflections for the grieving offers a compassionate companion for those who have lost a loved one. Each page offers new words for contemplation and can be read cover to cover or chosen at random to find inspiration to make it through another day. Molly Fumia offers reflections under six signposts to help readers start the journey through their grief: - Beginnings - Navigation - Surrender - Transformation - Continuance - Connection SAFE PASSAGE offers this collection of meditation...

An easy-to-use self-care guide for managing more than 130 common health conditions safely at home. Will drinking orange juice help prevent kidney stones? Is it true you can get rid of bad breath by chewing parsley? Does caffeine improve or worsen a headache?  Today, greater responsibility is being placed on individuals to take steps at home to stay healthy and manage and prevent everyday injuries and common illnesses. This has been triggered, in no small part, by the rising cost of medical...

Today's world is aging at a great speed, and although increased longevity represents one of the greatest achievements of the last century, the extension of life expectancy does not necessarily correspond to an extension of healthy lives. Aging populations, particularly those with a high percentage of the oldest old, are often burdened with chronic conditions that require extended long-term care. Deciding who provides said care, and in what forms, are key problems that will soon affect a growing...